Second, the MySQL and MariaDB implementations of the native JSON column data type are also different. This makes for slight incompatibilities that you will need to navigate if you’re migrating ...

Since MariaDB is a fork from MySQL, the syntax is similar, but MariaDB has several additional features. Basic SQL syntax remains the same, but MariaDB handles data storage and functions differently.

How will the planned merger between MariaDB creator Monty Program DB and support firm SkySQL strengthen the hand of the open-source fork in the wider MySQL world? We talk to the new company's CEO.

MariaDB is often billed as a “drop-in replacement” for MySQL, especially as the MariaDB project is kept in close sync with the original. That said, it’s sort of like saying a Mazda is a drop ...

MariaDB, an open-source database management system (DBMS) and MySQL fork has been gaining inroads in enterprise software and its founders formed a foundation, the MariaDB Foundation, to promote ...

Next, I edited MySQL’s configuration file /etc/my.cnf to match the text listed below. I ensured bind-address was set to 0.0.0.0 — this address instructs MySQL to accept connections from any IP ...

MariaDB, the company behind the eponymous MySQL drop-in replacement database, today announced that it has acquired Clustrix, which itself is a MySQL drop-in replacement database, but with a focus ...

He hopes the new initiative will both keep core developers paid and grow the community for MariaDB—a fork of MySQL 5.1 named after Widenius' younger daughter—as it begins to diverge even more ...

MySQL founder Michael “Monty” Widenius and his co-founder David Axmark, however, came up with a different model a few years ago: the Business Source License (BSL).

Typically, during the installation of MySQL and MariaDB, you are asked to set an initial password. If that didn’t happen, you will need to set a password for the first time.